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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
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Windies seek elusive win as 2nd Test opens
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Windies seek elusive win as 2nd Test opens
June 17, 2010
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — West Indies will have to improve significantly if they are to preserve some degree of pride, and prevent South Africa fro...
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Spartans eye Southern Conference semis
June 17, 2010
SPANISH Town Spartans moved closer towards a semi-final spot in the Southern Conference/Insport Community League Basketball League after victory at th...
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Algeria leave England on brink of exit
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Algeria leave England on brink of exit
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June 17, 2010
Group C delicately balanced CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Algeria held England to a 0-0 draw today and left one of the World Cup favourites on the brink o...
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Argentina 4-1 South Korea
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Argentina 4-1 South Korea
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June 16, 2010
Maradona's team turn on style JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat trick in Argentina's 4-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup...
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Mexico 2-0 France
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Mexico 2-0 France
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June 16, 2010
Substitutes score both goals POLOKWANE, South Africa — Substitutes Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored a goal each today in Mexico's 2-0 win...
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Fuller’s SOS nets £1,000 for school
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June 16, 2010
REGGAE Boy Ricardo Fuller has donated £1,000 (J$126,000) towards the sporting programme at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School in Stony Hill, which he has ...
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Rodriguez dons Argentine garb vs SK
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Argentina midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron will not play in the team's second World Cup match against South Korea because...
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WICB signs ESPN deal for regional T20
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WICB signs ESPN deal for regional T20
June 16, 2010
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced a deal with US-based global sports network ESPN to broadcast the inaugura...
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Classic injury puts Ashmeade in limbo
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Classic injury puts Ashmeade in limbo
June 16, 2010
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Greece, Nigeria in crucial Group B clash
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June 16, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Greece and Nigeria are in the same predicament ahead of their World Cup Group B match today: lose ...
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Jabulani to blame for dearth of goals
With John Barnes 
June 16, 2010
WORLD CUP NOTES WE had the biggest upset of the World Cup so far yesterday with Spain losing their match against Switzerland 1-0. Spain are the favour...
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Greece 2-1 Nigeria
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Greece 2-1 Nigeria
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June 16, 2010
Nigeria reduced to 10 men BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Greece earned its first World Cup win, coming from behind to beat 10-man Nigeria 2-1 in Gr...
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Swiss shocker
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Swiss shocker
June 16, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 DURBAN, South Africa — Spain's Xavi Hernandez (left) and Switzerland's Gokhan Inler battle for possession of the ball during their W...
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No privacy for Bolt
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No privacy for Bolt
Paul Reid 
June 16, 2010
ON THE SPORTING EDGE I don't envy any super star as far as their privacy is concerned. Their bank accounts maybe, but that is a different story. In my...
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Forlan silences S’African vuvuzelas
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Forlan silences S’African vuvuzelas
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June 16, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Diego Forlan scored two goals to help give Uruguay a 3-0 victory over South Africa yesterday and push ...
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Six hunt berths in St James Div One semis
Paul Reid 
June 16, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Six teams will be chasing the two remaining semi-final spots as the preliminary rounds of the St James FA's Claro Division On...
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Swiss stun vaunted Spain
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Swiss stun vaunted Spain
June 16, 2010
Chile stop spirited Honduras JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Spain's potent attack couldn't score a goal at the World Cup yesterday, leaving the European champion...
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Ricardo Fuller rebuilding grandmother’s Tivoli Gardens home
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
June 16, 2010
NATIONAL striker Ricardo Fuller has asked for an extra week of absence from pre-season training with English club Stoke City to rebuild his grandmothe...
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Spanish loss a ‘lesson in humility’
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June 16, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The Spanish press bemoaned the country's "nightmare" start to the World Cup in South Africa in which the Europ...
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Brazil’s group still touch and go
With John Barnes 
June 15, 2010
World Cup Notes TODAY'S matches started with a bit of a shock when Slovakia drew 1-1 against New Zealand — everyone expected Slovakia to win by at lea...
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Defeat pushes South Africa close to exit
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Defeat pushes South Africa close to exit
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June 15, 2010
Red card adds to woes PRETORIA, South Africa — Diego Forlan scored two goals to help give Uruguay a 3-0 victory over South Africa today and push the W...
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Toure poised for move to City from Barca
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June 15, 2010
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure is poised for a move away from Barcelona and Manchester City is a strong option, his age...
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